South Korean grand prix moved to BBC2 from BBC1 after race was delayed, angering viewers who set video recordersThe BBC has received nearly 300 complaints from viewers after it switched live coverage of yesterday’s Korean Formula One grand prix from BBC1 to BBC2 after the race was delayed because of rain.Coverage of the grand prix [...]
• Team principal refuses to give preference in F1 title race• Webber 11 points behind leader Alonso, Vettel trails by 25Red Bull’s team principal Christian Horner would rather give away another world championship – and with it possibly his career – than give preference to either Mark Webber or Sebastian Vettel, he said yesterday.Red Bull [...]
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• Jenson Button vows to continue to ‘fight’ for title• Rain delay causes problems for television viewersThe world championship somersaulted once more here today to leave its supporters in a state of nervous exhaustion. A race which was dominated first by rain and then by encroaching darkness and which had, for most of the time, [...]
• Australian Red Bull driver lost control of car on 19th lap• Says: ‘Nico hit me, which wrecked his race. It wasn’t my day’Mark Webber might have blown his chance to win the Formula One world championship here he admitted that it was all his own fault. In treacherous conditions he lost control of [...]
• Engine supplier takes blame for Red Bull engine failure• Jenson Button says he will not give up on title challengeRed Bull’s engine supplier, Renault, has apologised to the Formula One team after a blown engine cost Sebastian Vettel victory in today’s Korean grand prix.Vettel led from the start of the race and appeared set [...]
• Ferrari’s Alonso overcomes four main rivals in rain-hit race• Lewis Hamilton second after Mark Webber crashes outThe inaugural Korean grand prix was dominated first by rain and then by encroaching darkness, not to mention a safety car which seemed to hog the limelight for far too long. But in the end we were reflecting [...]
• Vettel delighted with qualifying display• Button looking forward to ‘fun start’Red Bull confirmed their dominance of this Formula One season when Sebastian Vettel won their 14th pole position in 17 rounds here today.Mark Webber will start alongside him on the front row of the Korean grand prix tomorrow, which means Red Bull have now [...]
McLaren’s team principal, Martin Whitmarsh, says the Red Bull drivers are likely to get ‘defensive and tight’ in KoreaIt is only five races since Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button arrived in Hungary leading the drivers’ championship but after a devastating sequence of results another poor weekend here will, realistically, kill their title ambitions.Button has had [...]
• Championship leader fastest in practice on new track• Alonso is on his eighth and last engine of seasonThe controversial new circuit in Yeongam, which was only passed fit to stage Sunday’s inaugural Korean grand prix less than two weeks ago, has won the approval of Mark Webber, the championship leader.Webber was the fastest man [...]
JORGE Lorenzo reckons the best way of celebrating his World Moto…